Missionary Spanish
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Missionary Spanish is a historical variety of Spanish used by Catholic missionaries in the Americas to evangelize and communicate with Indigenous peoples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Missionary Spanish canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contact variety
ⓘ
historical variety of Spanish ⓘ missionary language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ missionary linguistics ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Early Modern Spanish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
bilingual vocabularies
ⓘ
catechisms ⓘ confession manuals ⓘ doctrinal texts ⓘ grammars of Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
New Spain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Río de la Plata region NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
code-switching with Indigenous languages
ⓘ
frequent religious terminology ⓘ loan translations from Indigenous languages ⓘ restricted vocabulary oriented to catechesis ⓘ simplified grammar in some contexts ⓘ |
| hasFunction | lingua franca between missionaries and Indigenous communities ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian terminology in Indigenous languages
ⓘ
religious registers of Latin American Spanish ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
colonial Spanish
ⓘ
missionary grammars ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
missionary linguistics scholarship ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | Catholic missionaries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
communication with Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
evangelization ⓘ religious instruction ⓘ |
| usedIn | Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Aymara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guaraní ⓘ Indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ Maya languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ Quechua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.